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      Into the Okavango

      2018 1h 28m Documentary List
      Reviews 100% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score A team of modern-day explorers embarks on a four-month expedition across three countries to explore the river system that feeds Botswana's Okavango Delta and to investigate why it is shrinking. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member An extraordinary, magical documentary, illuminating not just of an ecosystem but of profound questions of humanity and our lost connections to the life world around us, rediscovered in one of the last true wilderness areas on the planet. Beautifully edited with flowing yet understated pan shots, aerial and satellite photography, and quiet transitions to slow motion that gently enter realms of poetry, this film manages to weave the group's individual personalities, cultural differences, war, fires, wildlife and science together into a seamless narrative with none of the usual ponderous commentary or pandering to imagined popular thrill seeking. And a special nod to whoever arranged the haunting score. Into the Otavango makes even other Nat Geo films look cheap.The only down side was watching this stunning film on Nat Geo Wild on the 14 December release date, which ravaged it with cruelly crass ad breaks. I kept muttering "I'm so sorry!" thinking of the filmmajers' pain over this. Sure, NG has to make money, but ome films really do call for special treatment, and no one seems to have noticed. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Harry Windsor Hollywood Reporter Transporting. Apr 30, 2018 Full Review Phil Guie Film-Forward.com Gelinas and Boyes are quite earnest in hammering home the idea that even the smallest of creatures plays an important role, but given everything they've been through, their enlightened point of view seems well-earned. Rated: 3/5 Mar 23, 2019 Full Review Amy Glynn Paste Magazine Intimately scaled and slightly rustic in execution, it's both deeply personal and interestingly detached. Rated: 8.8/10 Dec 14, 2018 Full Review Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia So beautiful it will make you cry. Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A team of modern-day explorers embarks on a four-month expedition across three countries to explore the river system that feeds Botswana's Okavango Delta and to investigate why it is shrinking.
      Director
      Neil Gelinas
      Producer
      Geoff Daniels, Brooke Runnette, Clara Wu
      Screenwriter
      Neil Gelinas, Brian Newell
      Production Co
      National Geographic Documentary, National Geographic Society
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Dec 16, 2018
      Runtime
      1h 28m
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